#161B79#161B79

#161B79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.154 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B79
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(237, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(237, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.15, 33.49, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.15, 62.90, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.99% 0.0008 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(29.99% 0.154 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1728, 2.3344, 18.3161)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B79 #797416

analogous

#164C79 #161B79 #421679

triadic

#161B79 #79161B #1B7916

tetradic

#161B79 #79164C #797416 #167942

square

#161B79 #79164C #797416 #167942

split-complementary

#161B79 #794216 #4C7916

monochromatic

#05061A #0D0F45 #161B79 #1F27AD #3039D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#161B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#161B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B79

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B79	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.154 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6758a1',
    500: '#161b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b79;
$custom-light: #6758a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.97,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2999,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B79

secondary

#AEA93D

accent

#E33CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F3

border

#C7C5CD

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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